COVER STORY ASIA'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
ELVY SUKAESIH
Citizenship/Residence
Indonesia
Elvy Sukaesih is one of the most popular singers
in Java, Indonesia, and has been dubbed the
Queen of Dangdut. She has always attributed
her success to her ability to relate to women
sufferings. Her skills fully capture the emotions
of the song and communicate those feelings
to the listeners. Her songs express emotional
excess, embodying the pain of women.
Sukaesih has a significant fanbase in other Asian
countries such as Japan. She has been a prolific
recording artist since the late 1960s.
EVA CHEN
Citizenship/Residence
Taiwan/Japan
Eva Chen is a Taiwanese businessperson and
the co-founder and CEO of Trend Micro, the
world’s third-largest security firm. Since its
inception in 1988, Eva Chen has spearheaded
Trend Micro’s emergence as one of the
world’s most innovative Internet content
security companies. Eva Chen owns 1.689
million shares of the company.
After serving as executive vice president
and chief technology officer, Chen took
the position of CEO from Steve Chang in
2005. In 2010, CRN Magazine named her
as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential
Executives in the Industry”. She was fifth
on the 2012 Forbes list of “Asia’s 50 Power
Businesswomen”